Team Chippendales from ‘Amazing Race’ to headline Pride Houston

James Davis, left, and Jaymes Vaughan in a clothed moment. (Courtesy photo)

Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis, who competed as Team Chippendales on “The Amazing Race,” headline this year’s Pride Houston festivities. (Doing what, you ask?)

The duo will perform a musical set during the festival (1-7 p.m. June 29 in Montrose). Vaughan is a singer and Davis plays guitar. They employ those talents, among others, during a nightly Chippendales show their own theater in Las Vegas.

“The amount of love and support we have received from the LGBT community has been beyond overwhelming,” Vaughan says. “And now Houston opening their arms to us as well is really just amazing. It’s such a fun, exciting, big city — and we could not be more excited to actually get to perform there.”

Vaughan released a dance track, “Vampire,” in 2011. Proceeds from his new single, “Tonight,” will be used to help with bills accumulated from his late father’s battle with cancer.

The pair is working on an album together and will perform new music from that project in Houston. First single “Light Up the Skies” will be released in May.

Vaughan and Davis will also serve as celebrity grand marshals during the Pride Parade (8:15 p.m. June 29 in Montrose).

Additional entertainers are being lined up for this year’s Pride festivities. Things kick into high gear with Saturday’s Pride Superstar auditions and the May 9 kickoff, which features current “RuPaul’s Drag Race” favorite Alaska, who will perform during, and guest judge, the singing competition.